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Hey Prazzlers,
Welcome to this week's edition of The Culture Dispatch!
Starting off strongly with exciting events around the globe, we have Found Memories; Channatip Chanvipava's first solo debut showing at Ames Yavuz Gallery, Théo Mercier's monumental Fossil Opera at the Le Voyage à Nantes Festival, and Hollywood, from the legendary Richard Avedon, exploring the photographer's intrigue with the industry at Gagosian, and this is just for starters!
Exhibitions take center stage, with Odili Donald Odita showing his music-inspired Songs from Life at the Museum of Modern Art, group exhibition Sanctuaries of Self showing works by Nduka Ikechukwu, Oyinloluwa S. Ilesanmi, and Tuere Nicole Lawton at Wunika Mukan Gallery, Lagos, and Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah's Residual Sky Under Contamination showing at Deichtorhallen Hamburg.
And we have just the best opportunities for you! Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is offering rewards for its 16th Seascapes Online Art Exhibition. There's more: Art Fluent is inviting artists to PURE ABSTRACTION, also We Are The Ones a regional juried exhibition at Willow Street Gallery, and Fragments, another juried exhibition of Collage at Spark Gallery.
Editor’s Picks
16 July - 12 September 2026
A Solo Exhibition
''Found Memories': Channatip Chanvipava's First Solo Exhibition'
Ames Yavuz, London, 31 Grosvenor Hill, London W1K 3QU
Ames Yavuz Gallery, London
Found Memories presents new works by Thai-British artist Channatip Chanvipava, exploring memory, identity, and emotional reconstruction through painting. Drawing on personal experiences of migration, queer family, and impending fatherhood, the exhibition considers memory as a process of understanding and transforming the self.
4 July - 6 September 2026
Théo Mercier
'Fossil Opera', a Monumental Sand Installation at Place Graslin'
Place Graslin, Nantes
Le Voyage à Nantes Festival
Fossil Opera transforms Place Graslin in Nantes with a monumental sand installation by French artist Théo Mercier, bringing together construction rubble and abandoned cars. Through archaeology and urban history, the installation explores transformation and the city's evolving identity.
4 November - 19 December 2026
Richard Avedon
'Richard Avedon: Hollywood, a Survey Exploring Avedon's Fascination with the Film Industry'
456 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
Gagosian
Richard Avedon's Hollywood brings over 150 photographs spanning his almost 60-year career, exploring his fascination with the film industry. Curated by the Richard Avedon Foundation, the exhibition pairs iconic portraits with rarely seen works to examine Hollywood's cultural, artistic, and political influence.
🎪Fairs and Biennials
Current and upcoming - explore our guide to the major art fairs and biennials shaping the global calendar this week.
Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem
2 July - 11 October 2026
The thirteenth edition of Sonsbeek, Europe's oldest recurring exhibition for art in public space, returns to Arnhem with up to twenty artists from the Netherlands and abroad. The exhibition presents new commissions across Park Sonsbeek and partner institutions throughout Arnhem and the surrounding region
Leh–Kargil corridor, Ladakh
1 - 10 August 2026
The inaugural sā Ladakh Biennale: Signals from Another Star takes place from 1 to 10 August 2026 across eight sites along the Leh-Kargil corridor in Ladakh, India. Bringing together 12 international and Ladakhi artists and artist duos, the world's highest regenerative art biennale explores land, ecology, and regeneration through exhibitions, residencies, workshops, and community-led initiatives.
Featured Exhibitions
8 April - 21 February 2027
Odili Donald Odita
'Odili Donald Odita: Songs from Life, a Music-Inspired Lobby Commission at MoMA'
11 West 53 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019
Museum of Modern Art, New York
18 July - 31 August 2026
Nduka Ikechukwu, Oyinloluwa S. Ilesanmi, Tuere Nicole Lawton
'Sanctuaries of Self; A group exhibition'
31B Bashorun R.I. Okusanya Avenue, Lekki, Lagos
Wunika Mukan Gallery, Lagos
5 June - 1 November 2026
Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah
'Residual Sky Under Contamination'
PHOXXI – House of Photography (temporary), Hamburg, Germany
Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
Opportunities of the Week
Opportunites just for you:
Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
The 16th Annual Seascapes Online Art Competition invites 2D and 3D artists from around the world to submit original works exploring the beauty of the sea and coastal life. Open to all media, the competition welcomes both representational and abstract interpretations, with selected works featured in the gallery's August 2026 online group exhibition. Read more and apply HERE.
Deadline: Aug 28, 2026
Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit work for its online exhibition, PURE ABSTRACTION. Celebrating abstraction as a form of creative expression, the exhibition welcomes works that use colour, shape, and line to explore emotions and ideas beyond traditional representation, encouraging artists to share their unique interpretation of the theme. Read more and apply for this opportunity HERE.
Deadline: Aug 16, 2026
We Are The Ones explores the importance of community and resilience in a world that often favours isolation over connection. Inspired by the closing line of June Jordan's Poem for South African Women, the exhibition considers the power of collective action and asks how shared agency can shape alternative futures. Read more about this opportunity and apply HERE.
Deadline: Nov 16, 2026
Spark Gallery invites artists to submit original collage works for Fragments, a juried group exhibition exploring how collected materials can be transformed anew. Welcoming both traditional and contemporary approaches, the exhibition highlights collage as a medium for storytelling with imagery, texture, and colour. Read the eligibility criteria and apply HERE.
Deadline: Aug 7, 2026
The British Art Prize 2026 invites artists of all levels to compete for over £10,000 in prizes, a solo exhibition at a major London gallery, and a feature in Artists & Illustrators magazine. Open to all styles and techniques except AI-generated works, the competition also offers shortlisted artists the opportunity to exhibit at OXO Gallery and gain exposure to a wide audience of collectors and art enthusiasts. Read more about this opportunity and apply HERE.
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The Prazzle Team.
